McFadden on another Fir Park farewell and life under Moyes

, 11 May, 4comments | Jump to most recent

James McFadden is set to bid Motherwell's home fans another farewell this weekend in their final home game of the season. He is linked with Celtic or a possible return to England but he has also provided some insight into his time at Everton under David Moyes:

“Every day at training he wanted to make you better. Only the best was good enough.
“You weren’t allowed a slack day. Any days it was slack he sent you home. You’d be sent off the pitch.
“At times he sent the whole squad off and said ‘Come back tomorrow and get your heads right’.
“He wouldn’t send anyone off on their own — he’d send everybody off and that was it. You’d be walking off the training pitch at 11 o’clock.
“We were taken aback, but those were the standards he set.
“He’s a great manager and he expects nothing but the best.” McFadden didn’t always see eye to eye with Moyes but admits the fiery gaffer made him a better player.
He added: “At the time I thought he was extra hard on me, I didn’t understand it. But when I left I realised how much he wanted me to improve and I felt he did that.
“A lot of the time I found it hard because I was trying my best and he was always nit-picking at wee things.
“I didn’t realise he just wanted me to have the kind of levels that meant I was better the next week than I’d been the previous week.
“I didn’t understand what he was trying to do and I always thought he was hard on me, but when I left I realised it was a good thing.”

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James Flynn
1 Posted 11/05/2013 at 04:45:44

It your view of him pushing you, dickhead, was "nitpicking at wee things", no wonder you're available.

Don't come back. We have enough problems.

Brian Williams
2 Posted 11/05/2013 at 09:28:34

Dickhead?

A bit harsh James. True we don't want him back, but can't see he said anything that makes him a dickhead?

Seemed to be saying that no matter how hard he tried Moyes would always find something, no matter how small, to pick him up on....

Gives us a little bit more of an insight into how Moyes was as a manager though.

Eugene Ruane
4 Posted 11/05/2013 at 13:30:07

What an...um...odd little tale.

I'm getting...

DM (smirking and nudging Irvine): "Faddy, yer shin pads are no aligned son, the left wan is slightly higher than the right, these things are important"

JMc: "Och would yer just...LEAVE ME ALAIN!"

(runs off training ground weeping and shouting 'I HATE YOU!")

David Ellis
5 Posted 12/05/2013 at 15:46:41

Eugene
Do you have teenage children (christ I do)

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